The Birth, Death and Source of an Idea!

In a video from 2006, GM Seirawan talks highly about my favorite player, David Bronstein, and how, in 1990, playing in Reykjavik, he played the White side of a Najdorf Sicilian against the famous Walter Browne, a renowned Najdorf Sicilian expert and multiple US Champion title-holder.

In the video, GM Seirawan tells about how Bronstein, after reading an article written by Browne about the Najdorf (published in Chess Life and Review),  decided to test the variation, which included a pawn sacrifice by White. Here is the game!

BIRTH

DEATH

So, that game was the birth of the idea.....but 5 years later, Bronstein decided to improve....the Black side of this variation! And what a game it was!

SOURCE

After the move 22....Bg4!! Bronstein reveals the source of the tactical idea of 22....Bg4!!:

"This is the move that Black had up his sleeve when he took on f5 with his pawn. How did I find this move? Well, my memory helped me. Grandmasters are often asked at lectures how they use their knowledge of games by other grandmasters. Of course, in this case my memory took me back to the tournament in Vinkovci in 1970, where Bent Larsen told me during his game with Mark Taimanov that he was preparing to surprise his opponent by posting his bishop on g4 in a very similar fashion, He did, and he won the game and he tournament.

"I recommend the reader to find this game and enjoy the magnificent style of the great Danish player. Most likely it is included in Bent Larsen's book My 50 Best Games."

Well, here is the game!